Course Outline.
There will be changes to this list as the course develops.
Updated 9/20/13
Sept 6
|
Introduction
to course
|
Video-
Inside Job,
|
Sept. 13
|
The
economic crisis
|
Krugman,
Chapter 1
|
Sept.20
|
How bad
are things?
The
bubble. Depression economics
|
Krugman 2
|
Sept 27
|
Bankers. Was it criminal?
Inequality
is. Reich.
|
Krugman
3.-4.
|
Oct 4.
|
What about
Glass-Steagall?
Inequality.-
lecture.
|
Krugman 5
Presentation;
Failure of Laisse Faire Capitalism
|
Oct 11
|
The Bail
Out.
Money,
Power and Wall Street. “The
Untouchables”, Inequality.
|
Krugman 6
Use
Stiglitz.
Presentation;
Civil v. criminal law
|
Oct. 18
|
Efficient
Markets hypothesis
Bob Curry :
International economics
|
Krugman 7
Presentation:
Stockman: the Great Deformation
|
Oct.25.
|
No class
|
|
Nov.1
|
Administration
policy
The
retirement crisis
Social
Security
Richard
Wolff.
|
Krugman
8-9
Guest
speaker
|
Nov.8
|
Alternative
policies.
Trade,
labor, The Koch brothers .
|
Krugman 8-9
|
Nov 15
|
Immigration,
Political stalemate.
Is Obama a
socialist ?
|
Krugman 10-11
Pete
Martineau
|
Nov 22
|
The
corporation. Richard Wolf.
|
Krugman 12
|
Nov 28
|
No seminar
|
|
Dec. 6
|
Final
seminar
|
Krugman 13
|
Please refer to our class blog. http://rsseminareconomiccrisis.blogspot.com
For more information.
